Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Aussie Slang

 


Here we are at another day of Aussie Slang, so here we go.........


Rip Snorter: Bloody fantastic or great


Road Trains: Large truck with many trailers


Ropeable: Very angry


Root: To have sex


Rooted: Something is stuffed up as in broken, doesn't work

or to be worn out or exhausted


6 comments:

  1. Rip snorter would appear to be fairly universal...

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  2. I agree that rip snorter is over here, too. But the rest--nope!

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  3. Americans apparently use "root" in another context altogether, so in my IRC channel, I was fairly upset when they appeared to be very rude. My mistake 😔

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  4. Interesting slang today, Jo-Anne. Had no idea about the use of the word "root."
    Blessings!

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  5. Those are different. Thanks for sharing.

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